AIEN Webinar - Recycling Renewables: European Best Practice for Solar, Wind and Batteries

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The renewable energy sector has and is continuing to make an important and expanding contribution to the energy mix in Australia and internationally.  The clean, green image enjoyed by the industry is also enormously important, given it can only expand when the broader public’s faith in that image is maintained.

However, the renewable energy sector does generate wastes given the limited life span of its important foundational technologies: solar panels (25 to 30 years), wind turbines (20 to 30 years) and batteries (5 to 15 years). It is therefore important for the life cycle of their componentry to be considered when contemplating future designs or addressing the wastes to be generated when existing equipment reaches its end of life.

As is the case in most industries, the renewable energy sector has been primarily focussed upon roll-out of the technologies and has been somewhat slower in consideration of issues such as resource availability, resource management and resource sustainability for the longer term.  That said, important initiatives in renewable energy sector component recycling are being increasingly scrutinised in relation to all three of these foundational clean energy technologies.

The AIEN is pleased to present a short series of two webinars in relation to the challenges, opportunities and current endeavours in relation to solar panel recycling, wind turbine recycling and large-scale battery recycling.  The first seminar to be held on 30 June 2025 will focus on current European best practice as an example of leading international thought. The second seminar (proposed for late 2025) will focus on the Australian context and the recycling technologies that have been, or are likely to be, adopted here.

If you are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy in Australia, committed to best-practice resource management, or eager to minimise carbon footprint through sustainable energy solutions, this webinar series is tailor-made for you.